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It reflects , therefore , a deep faith in reason and progress , in the perfectibility of human society . Its optimistic assumptions regarding humankind were expressed well by the English philosopher Joseph Priestley , when he wrote ...
It reflects , therefore , a deep faith in reason and progress , in the perfectibility of human society . Its optimistic assumptions regarding humankind were expressed well by the English philosopher Joseph Priestley , when he wrote ...
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more than a system of government ; it was a set of moral principles which exemplified the highest ideals of human society . Wilson never doubted , moreover , the capacity of all peoples to develop the necessary habits of democracy .
more than a system of government ; it was a set of moral principles which exemplified the highest ideals of human society . Wilson never doubted , moreover , the capacity of all peoples to develop the necessary habits of democracy .
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press the human desires that freedom satisfies — as we shall be demonstrating . If the dictators persist in their present course , then it is they who will be limited to superficial successes , while their foundation crumbles under the ...
press the human desires that freedom satisfies — as we shall be demonstrating . If the dictators persist in their present course , then it is they who will be limited to superficial successes , while their foundation crumbles under the ...
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can Continent 1760 | 18 |
The French Interest in American Independence 1778 | 27 |
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